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title: 'The Coming of the Lord: A Key to the Book of Revelation'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Madison MacDonald'
date: 1846-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Revelation'
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Eschatology (General)'
- 'Commentaries'
scriptures:
- 'Revelation 22'
- 'Revelation 13'
- 'Revelation 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/macdonald-1846-the-coming-of-the-lord-a-key-to-the-book-of-revelation
---

# The Coming of the Lord: A Key to the Book of Revelation

1846 commentary defending a plain-sense prophetic reading of Revelation, arguing its unity and fulfillment in persecuting powers (Pagan and Papal Rome) and discussing authorship and date.

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